Year Four
Welcome to Year 4 - From Mr Booth!!
Hello to you all and welcome to Year 4 2020 style! It is so good to see all of you looking so well and having kept yourselves safe, and we are delighted to have you back with us at Castle Hill - we've got a lot of catching up to do!! I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all and help with your learning and any way I can.
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For Parents!!
This useful parent link is from the government and gives guidance to parents on how to help with your education at home.
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Here is the link for you child to access Purple Mash from home:
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Here is a link to allow your child to access TT Rockstars at home:
The work below is for a two week block just in case our bubble is forced to close. Packs can either be collected from the main school office at the beginning of the week, or else I'll put the new lessons on here daily for you to access online. Remember that you can email me with any responses, questions or even a quick hello at:
year4@castle-hill.bolton.sch.uk
To help with your reading around just about anything, you can now access our great Curriculum Visions books at home online! Use the log in below to enter the website for free!
Website: www.curriculumvisions.com
Username: castlehill/0001
Password: jungle
I have found some website links for you to access and work through daily lessons both with your parents or independently. This is in addition to the work set below just to keep you going and those brains expanding guys!!
https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
The second one, bitesize daily lessons, is year group appropriate (just click on Year 4!) and changes one English, one Maths and one Science lesson every day! My kids have given it a try and love it!!
Week 1 Home Learning Journal
Week 1 Day 1
English Day 1 - Spelling
Maths Day 1 - Addition
Reading - Day 1
Independent Reading (30mins) - Read your reading book from school and write in your Reading Record the page you got up to and how you felt about it. Remember to shade in those stars!
Topic - Look at the knowledge organiser, watch the slide show to help, answer the work sheet
Week 1 Day 2
English Day 2 - Grammar. Complete the sheet
Maths Day 2 - Addition
Reading Day 2 - Comprehension
Week 1 Day 3
English Day 3 - Grammar. Complete the sheet
Maths Day 3 - Addition
Reading - Day 3
Independent Reading (30mins) - Read your reading book from school and write in your Reading Record the page you got up to and how you felt about it. Remember to shade in those stars!
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Week 1 Day 4
English Day 4 - Writing task. Read the example piece then follow the instructions at the bottom of the page
Maths Day 4 - Addition
Reading Day 4 - Comprehension
Week 1 Day 5
We decided as a class to have a deeper look into an owl’s food chain. We did this by dissecting owl pellets, and it was rather unbelievable on what we found. Please see photos below: P.S a big thank you to the 'Little Owl Farm' in Oldham for supplying the pellets
Our recent displays
Pictures of our trip to the Grosvenor Museum in Chester. The focus was upon the Roman Empire and what they brought to Britannia.
Picture of Blake showing what a Roman soldier would wear.
Walking through the streets of Chester.
For 'Remembrance Day' we made our own ‘Poppy Keyrings’. This was to respect those who had fallen, and to appreciate the peaceful world we live in today.
Our African drumming! Video containing Brandon performing a solo.
Welcome back. Can’t wait to get started with my New Year 4 class, and look forward to the year ahead. Mr.Jones
PART 1: Year 4 keeping Bolton clean.
Part 2: We went on a mission with Bolton at Home, to clear up the local streets. What a successful job! [IMAGES]
Year 4's trip to Blackpool Zoo. What a wonderful day out! A huge learning opportunity that coincided with our topic on the animals of the rainforest.
Year 4 have re-told the folk story of Mufaro's Beautiful Daughter. Here is our display:
The Innocent Big Grow: Congratulations to Mia.W and Zakk you will both become our 'pea growers' #Let'sGetGrowing!
Our Favelas! Just wanted to say a big thank you to year 4 for creating the 'real side' of Brazil. Links to our topic on South America.
We have made friends across the water with a school in North America. We have told them all about what we have learnt so far on the rainforest, and of course about our recent trip to the Bolton Museum.
Our rainforest display! Thank you Mrs Tordoff for your vision. We have been focusing on the layers of the rainforest, and looking at the bugs tribes would eat (disclaimer:no bugs were harmed).
Year 4 trip to the Bolton Museum. We have been focusing on rainforests around the world and the animals they contain.
In English, we wrote biographies for The Queen. She even managed to send us a reply. We decided as a class to frame this, and leave it inside our classroom.
Here is a link to allow your child to access TT Rockstars at home:
Here is the link for you child to access Purple Mash from home: